Carlos Kis
Carlos Kis (born August 20, 1932 in Montevideo , Uruguay, † March 15, 2010 in Santos , Brazil) was a Uruguayan painter , graphic artist , sculptor and muralist .
Kis studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad de la República (UdelaR) and at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas . For three years he headed the Opus art gallery in Brasília , then was the director of a fashion magazine, worked as an interior designer and in the design department of an automotive company. Initially painting on canvas, he refrained from doing this during a five-year stay in New York in the 1970s and increasingly turned to works of art made from the artificial material Formica . The company Cyanamid provided him with the necessary material. In 1995, the Art of Living Kis magazine devoted an extensive story to his work in Buenos Aires , Montevideo , Punta del Este , New York, Guarujá , Porto Alegre , Joinville , São Paulo and Mexico City . Carlos Kis lived in Brazil since 1961. There he lived in Santos .
literature
- Miguel Ángel Campodónico : Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya. Sepa quién es quién en artes visual es, música, cine y video, teatro, letras y periodismo. Librería Linardi y Risso, Montevideo 2003, ISBN 9974-559-31-6 , p. 174.
Web links
- Carlos Kis in the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (Portuguese, accessed August 1, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kis, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 2010 |
| Place of death | Santos , Brazil |